[Q&A] T.C. Sottek (Quest)

[20:37] <+TC> Hi! My name is T.C. Sottek, and aside from being someone who is *always on time*, I’m a magazine editor by day and game designer by night. For the past year me & my team have been working on Quest, which is a TTRPG in the vein of D&D and PBTA that’s designed for easy entry, but deep and long-term play. We’re about to enter our final day on Kickstarter!

[20:38] <+TC> The core features of our game is an intuitive ruleset, conversational game guide, and an extensive deck of cards with all of the game’s abilities to have at the table.

[20:38] <+TC> Our website is at (Link: https://www.adventure.game/)https://www.adventure.game/ and if you’d like to know more about the rules we’ve got a rundown here: (Link: https://www.adventure.game/rules/)https://www.adventure.game/rules/

[Q&A] Jason Durall (RuneQuest Glorantha)

[19:33] <+JasonDurall> I’m Jason Durall, a full-time game designer living in Berlin, Germany. I’ve been writing and designing freelance for about 25 years.

[19:34] <+JasonDurall> I’ve worked on many, many game lines. Lots of licensed games.

[19:34] <+JasonDurall> Right now I’m the line manager for RuneQuest and all things BRP at Chaosium, and the line manager on the Conan line over at Modiphius.

[19:34] <+JasonDurall> Today I’m here to talk RuneQuest.

[19:35] <+JasonDurall> RQ is one of the big classic fantasy games with a lot of history, and we’re on the cusp of releasing the new edition, which has been in development for a couple of years now.

[Q&A] Elisa Mignemi (Blackwind Project)

[19:44] <+Elisa-BlackwindProject> Greetings, everyone! I am Elisa, head of the Blackwind Project. It is a new roleplaying games publisher, currently kickstarting its own set of Core Rules. Our purpose is twofold: to give the roleplayers who appreciate creativity and plot the tools to craft great game sessions, and to make quality modules, with complex stories and great art.

[Q&A] Stephen Dewey (Gather: Children of the Evertree)

[19:40] <+stephendewey> Hello everyone! My name is Stephen Dewey. I’m an indie game designer that uses the publishing imprint Cavalry Games. My “brand” if you were looking for one is generally games that are a bit strange, lighter on the rules, and are designed to leave an emotional impact with the players. Games that are by and large emotional, impactful, immersive, and evocative.

[19:41] <+stephendewey> My latest project is Gather: Children of the Evertree ((Link: https://tinyurl.com/yaena6um)https://tinyurl.com/yaena6um) which is on Kickstarter right now, in the second half of it’s funding month. I am most popular for my game Ten Candles however which was my first (and only other) Kickstarter project. Ten Candles was nominated for several awards, including four ENnies.

[19:42] <+stephendewey> I have also been recognized as a Game Chef finalist for my game Uncanny Valley, and have published a couple smaller games including To Serve Her Wintry Hunger and Annalers of the Skein.

[19:43] <+stephendewey> I’m here to talk about Gather though, which is a game completely contained in a deck of cards (no rulebook) that you can pick up and play with zero prep and no GM with 2-8 players. It pulls on themes of tabletop gaming, live action gaming, freeform games, and improvisation.

[Q&A] Robert Turk (Starship Infernum)

[19:30] <+WCRobert> Hello folks, my name is Robert Turk and my company is called Wicked Clever. I make games that are fun, sometimes quirky, and ultimately different from what is already out there. My latest project is a Sci-Fi Survival Horror RPG called Starship Infernum. ((Link: http://kck.st/2Lqefui)http://kck.st/2Lqefui)

[19:30] <+WCRobert> This is my 4th game on Kickstarter, and my 7th kickstarter overall. It is a pick up and play RPG, intended to be run over a single session, but is infinitely replayable. It uses the Blackjack system I invented for Purgatory House (which has been a huge hit at conventions), buts adds a few new twists to fit the sci-fi survival horror theme.

[19:30] <+WCRobert> Our goal is set so that we can print hardback books with black and white, pen & ink illustrations by some great artists and ultimately deliver a high quality physical product that is a blast to play.

[19:31] <+WCRobert> We have 13 days to go, and just passed the 50% funded mark this morning.

Pete Ruttman (Secret Agents of CROSS)

[19:36] <+pruttm> Hello.  My name is Pete Ruttman and have created Secret Agents of CROSS.  A Setting for Savage Worlds.

[19:39] <+pruttm> Secret Agents of CROSS is a full-color 170-page setting book.  It is your guide on how the world of CROSS operates, how to make player characters, and how to run CROSS missions steeped in secret spy stuff, religious history, modern terrorism, and the supernatural.

[Q&A] Kevin Sherry (Scales & Tales)

[19:30] <+KevinSherry> Hello, I’m Kevin Sherry, I’m a children’s book author and my new game is Scales & Tales

[19:30] <+KevinSherry> (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1468984883/scales-and-tales-an-rpg-for-all-ages?ref=user_menu)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1468984883/scales-and-tales-an-rpg-for-all-ages?ref=user_menu

[Q&A] John Seibel (Harvesters)

[19:36] <+John> Okee dokee! My name is John Seibel and the writer of the RPG, The Harvesters via Troll Lord Games.

[19:36] <+John> Harvesters is an anthropromorphic RPG.

[19:38] <+John> The PCs can be badgers, otters, squirrels, rabbits/hares, or mice. With the slimmed down version, the characters can be fighters, magic-users, clerics, or thieves.

[19:39] <+John> I think with the expanded version other ones will be thrown in.

[19:39] <+John> But, as with all games, we like to leave most of that up to the DM/GM.

[Q&A] James M. Ward & Stephen Lee (Dragonscales)

[19:30] <+JamesMWard> I’m James M. Ward and I’m here to talk about DragonScales the fantasy rpg. It is my lastest game design is a 40 year designing career.

[19:31] <+StephenLeeFSC> I am Stephen A. Lee, I am a writer and game designer among other things. I have been involved in 4 game projects the latest ones with James M. Ward,  The lost 77 Worlds is a Post Apocalyptic RPG and Dragonscales is a high fantasy RPG. I own and run Firesidecreations LLC

[19:32] <+JamesMWard> DragonScales the kickstarter is up and running and doing well. You can get the fantasy rules, and two adventures already designed.

[19:33] <+StephenLeeFSC> (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1644549315/dragonscales-fantasy-rpg-by-james-m-ward-and-steph/dashboard?ref=creator_nav)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1644549315/dragonscales-fantasy-rpg-by-james-m-ward-and-steph/dashboard?ref=creator_nav

[Q&A] Mickey Barfield (Dark Times)

[20:02] <+Mickey> Ok…. I”m Mickey Barfield. Creator with The Polyhedral Knights. The game we are discussing is Dark Times

[20:03] <+Mickey> It JUST launched on Kickstarter

[20:03] <+Mickey> Too general?

[20:03] <+Mickey> lol

[20:03] <~Dan> Maybe a bit. 🙂

[20:04] <+Mickey> ok….let me try this better

[20:05] <+Mickey> Dark Times is set in a slight distant future where corporations have become more the true power. One corporation discovered how to create superpowers. When they did it opened up a race with other corporations to do industrial espionage

[20:05] <+Mickey> Corporations see the supers as company property

[20:05] <+Mickey> The supers many didn’t like being a slave

[20:05] <+Mickey> many rebelled and fled hiding in slums

[20:05] <+Mickey> Some remained behind to act as loyal subjects

[20:06] <+Mickey> Now there are a small group of corporations who have supers on their payroll

[20:06] <+Mickey> THose that fled have had to find ways to avoid capture by the corporations and at same time help out their fellow people

[20:07] <+Mickey> Worse yet was the mutants. The cast offs the corporations deemed as failures

[20:07] <+Mickey> they are seen legally as non human and treat much like pest. Extermination is allowed

[20:07] <+Mickey> So the mutant ones hide in the sewers or other areas people tend to avoid

[20:08] <+Mickey> The game is open for a wide variety of play. If you work for the corporation ? or do you work to find food and shelter for you and your kin?

[20:09] <+Mickey> Some have even come to corporations as SME (Subject Matter Experts) a modern day type of privateer. “If we mess with your competion will you give us shelter and aid?” Some corporations have aggreed to this.